GRE Word List
ENGULF
to flow over and enclose : overwhelm
The meaning of the word engulf is to flow over and enclose : overwhelm.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |